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God of Movies: Epic Finality

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:08 am
by Dogmeatlives
There can be only one. The greatest of them all. The man (women suck at movies, except for American Psycho director) who has singlehandedly ripped the nuts off the media of film and jammed them down its throat. This is his story. The battle of a lifetime... the fight to determine who.. is.. God of... MOVIES!!!1lol!!

Make your vote, but only if you are worthy of it. You will know if you truly are. Now VOTE!!!!



Mel Gibson- For incredible bravery both in front of and behind the camera. I dare any man to dispute his greatness. Wild-eyed, craziness has always been his flag, and has he not waved it proudly?
Mad Max series
Lethal Weapon series
Braveheart
The Patriot (unfairly written off as Braveheart clone imho)
Chicken Run... lol
Apocalypto



Clint Eastwood- He has braved the acting arena for many a millenia, and made his mark as one of the greatest directors of our time. I see Mel and Clint as equals in many respects and so include them both for judgement.
It has been said that no man can look him in his eyes without weeping from fear and self-doubt.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Dirty Harry series
Unforgiven
Million Dollar Baby
Mystic River
Flags of Our Fathers
Letters From Iwo Jima


Martin Scorsese- As a director of character-driven films, he is arguably unmatched in his greatness. He unarguably has a hard-on for guidos.
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
Goodfellas
Cape Fear
Casino
Gangs of New York
The Aviator
The Departed


Jackie Chan- While I realize that he has no chance of becoming movie god, he may deserve it more than any other, risking his health almost constantly in order to entertain. I also have yet to see a film with as much awesome karate action as RITB (uh, well except for Ong Bak maybe). It is rumored that there was a whole African tribe of people who did not like Jackie Chan. This rumor has never been verified, and as of now, the entire world thinks Jackie Chan is The sHIT.
Drunken Master
Legend of Drunken Master
Project A
Supercop
Rumble In The Bronx
Who Am I?
Rush Hour
Shanghai Noon



Steven Speilberg- Unarguably the most popular director of all time, and a raging Jew, and director of the Indy trilogy-nuff said.
Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Indiana Jones series
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Jurassic Park
Schindler's List
Sving Private Ryan
Minority Report
Catch Me If You Can
Munich


Stanley Kubrick- I would call him the ultimate Director's director. Loved by most great movie fans, and imo the director of the greatest horror flick evar. He also loved his mommy a little too much, and liked to hide secret images in his movies. Some even call him a Nazi propagandist, which is a pretty cool job imo.
Spartacus
Dr. Strangelove
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket
Barry Lindon



Arnold Schwarzenegger- No one man symbolizes Hollywood's decadence like Mr. Schwarzennegger, but is the King of Vanity & Violence also the God of Movies? You decide...
Conan series
The Terminator series
Commando
Predator
Twins
Total Recall
Kindergarten Cop
True Lies


Robert DeNiro- Awesomeness is blatant within him. His eyes almost gleam with it.
Raging Bull
Godfather II
Taxi Driver
Deer Hunter
Once Upon a Time in America
Goodfellas
Cape Fear
Casino
Heat


John Carpenter- Gotta give him props for BTILC.
Halloween
The Fog
Big Trouble in Little Chine
Christine
Starman
Escape from New York
Escape from L.A.
The Thing


Ridley Scott- Creator of arguably the greatest Sci-Fi film evar!!!!1!!lol!! And the director to upcoming Blood Meridian film. Also supposedly a luster after jailbait, which is perfectly acceptable, even if I made that up.
Alien
Blade Runner
Thelma & Louise
Gladiator
Hannibal
Black Hawk Down
American Gangster

Edward Norton- IMO Brad Pitt has more to brag about, but....
Fight Club
American History X
An episode of The Simpsons


Samuel L. Jackson- Will he be crowned Movie God, or remain merely a loud negro?
Pulp Fiction
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
The Star Wars clusterfuck
Unbreakable (where a BLACK man plays the most breakable person in the world!!!!!1!RACISM!!!lol!!)
Snakes On a Plane
Black Snake Moan (whitebitchgetsraped)

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:09 am
by Dogmeatlives
Find the anti-semitic remark, and win a stuffed toy!

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:53 am
by SenisterDenister
Gaaaaaaaaaah, I can't decide! Too many good choices!

I have it down between Scorsese, Kubrick, and Scott.

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:04 am
by Subhuman
Dude, American Psycho sucked.

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:42 am
by Dogmeatlives
Subhuman wrote:Dude, American Psycho sucked.
uh, what planet do you live on? It's a fact that it is excellent, so you need to do your research before dissing shit.

Best opening sequence ever:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-yoMEZXnbQ&NR=1

I still can't decide who to vote for...
also I forgot to add Mel so could an admin please add him to poll if possible, thanks.

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:53 am
by VasikkA
Subhuman wrote:Dude, American Psycho sucked.
Yea, how come everything that rocks here sucks to you? Wouldn't be the first time.
Dogmeatlives wrote:Best opening sequence ever:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-yoMEZXnbQ&NR=1
I liked this scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoIvd3zzu4Y

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:20 am
by Frater Perdurabo
American Psycho is one of my favourite movies of all time. Sure, it doesn't compare to the awesomeness of Pulp Fiction, but nevertheless it's fucking fantastic and one of the best book to movie adaptations ever.

One of my many favourite scenes:
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=ORClmlJabQU

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:20 pm
by Thor Kaufman
Frater Perdurabo wrote:Sure, it doesn't compare to the awesomeness of Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction may have some good scenes, but it fails as a whole :gnasher:

Also, Subhuman isn't really gay. He just does it for the attn. B)

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=5yYEX9dV34I

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:03 pm
by Subhuman
Dogmeatlives wrote:uh, what planet do you live on? It's a fact that it is excellent, so you need to do your research before dissing shit.
What are you, 12? Opinion isn't "fact". And I did do my research, ie. renting the fucking movie. And reading the book, back when I decided to find out why every teenage male around me was convinced the sun shone out of Bret Easton Ellis's ass. The movie is a dull, watered-down adaptation of an overbaked book that tries way too hard to hammer home its message. I can't think of a single reason why anyone would feel any attachment to it whatsoever; it's 90 minutes of mediocrity.
Dogmeatlives wrote:Best opening sequence ever:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-yoMEZXnbQ&NR=1
Certainly the gayest.

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:42 am
by Cthulhugoat
Stanley Kubrick. Not really my favorite, but he's got a pretty impressive list of titles tied to his name.

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:10 am
by SenisterDenister
Oh shit! Tarantino was left off of the list.

Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:44 am
by Dogmeatlives
Subhuman wrote:
Dogmeatlives wrote:uh, what planet do you live on? It's a fact that it is excellent, so you need to do your research before dissing shit.
What are you, 12? Opinion isn't "fact". And I did do my research, ie. renting the fucking movie. And reading the book, back when I decided to find out why every teenage male around me was convinced the sun shone out of Bret Easton Ellis's ass. The movie is a dull, watered-down adaptation of an overbaked book that tries way too hard to hammer home its message. I can't think of a single reason why anyone would feel any attachment to it whatsoever; it's 90 minutes of mediocrity.
Dogmeatlives wrote:Best opening sequence ever:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-yoMEZXnbQ&NR=1
Certainly the gayest.
I personally don't believe in opinion. It's either fact or it's not. To me it is a fact that American Psycho is awesome. You hold that a contradictory fact is truth, therefore you are wrong, sir. Also, it is clear that you and American Psycho have some deeper issues that you need to work out. For me, it was a movie I happened upon by accident, and had previously never heard of it or the book at all. I believe that you have allowed your perception of the book confuse your perception of the movie, and for that I am disheartened, for I am sure in another life, within another peergroup you may have found the joy that truly is there. As for this life, though, I am afraid that you cannot see it... or perhaps will not. I pray.. no, we all pray for you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xSOuLky3n0

p.s. I was just kidding about not believing in opinion. Just trying to piss you off with pretend ignorance.

Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:16 pm
by Cimmerian Nights
How do you not put Francis Ford Copolla on this list you filthy philistine?

You also forgot Kurosawa.


John Carpenter (I love him) hasn't made a good movie since they 80s, he lost his mojo.

Clint - between The Man With No Name, Dirty Harry, HP Drifter, Josey Wales, he's an American institution, and turns out a good director.

Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:00 am
by PiP
this list is some fucking joke. So you have the oh-so-great E. Norton, but you leave out guys like for example
Jack Nicholson
Humphrey Bogart
Marlon Brando
Coen Brothers
Akira Kurosawa
David Lynch
Francis Ford Copolla
Federico Fellini
Tim Burton
hell, I'll even throw a Pollack to the lot: Roman Polanski (Chinatown, Rosemary's Baby, The Pianist, Repulsion, The Ninth Gate)

The God of Movies must be someone who knows the cinema inside out, has great influence on it and is versatile (so Scorsese is out, alas).
I'm torn between Kubrick and the Coens, with Scott and Coppola very close behind.
Spielberg is a greatly skilled movie-maker but he's way too mainstream oriented. Some great guys like Lynch are too much set in their own distinct styles to be god of movies in general. Actors don't have enough impact on how films are made.

Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:17 am
by Wolfman Walt
Harrison Ford also didn't make the list =(

Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:24 am
by King of Creation
How are you people voting for anyone besides Arnold?

Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:29 am
by Wolfman Walt
Jackie Chan has my family hostage. Sorry.

Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:35 am
by Thor Kaufman
how :pacino:

Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 12:45 pm
by VasikkA
PiP wrote:this list is some fucking joke. So you have the oh-so-great E. Norton, but you leave out guys like for example
Jack Nicholson
Humphrey Bogart
Marlon Brando
Coen Brothers
Akira Kurosawa
David Lynch
Francis Ford Copolla
Federico Fellini
Tim Burton
hell, I'll even throw a Pollack to the lot: Roman Polanski (Chinatown, Rosemary's Baby, The Pianist, Repulsion, The Ninth Gate)
Chillax. The point isn't to include all the major names of cinema in the poll, but only those with special importance to DAC.


And you forgot Hitchcock.

Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:09 pm
by PiP
I'm chill mate, it wasn't supposed to be a rant, just an impromptu bit of mild ridicule or something. I didn't forget Hitchcock, I like the guy a lot. Still I believe he's an extremely skilled cftaftsman, and I was looking for a tad more than that: a touch of art. Also I don't pretend I listed everyone that should be on the list, these are merely "for example" and my opinion is in no way final or binding for anybody :joker: